Winners of 5 of their last 8 games, Colorado is starting to show some signs of life at the plate. With 47 runs scored in 7 of those 8 games, it seems the Rockies are gaining more confidence in the batter’s box. Contrast those 47 runs to the 16 runs the Rockies scored in the 9 games previous to this current 8 game stretch, and an improving offense looks to be a good sign for Colorado to ju...

There haven’t been many occurrences in the short history of the Colorado Rockies where they were considered to be playing below expectations. File May 2011 into the “playing below expectations folder.” Colorado finished the month 8-21, bringing their overall record 4 games below .500 and 4.5 games behind the surprising NL West leader in the Arizona Diamondbacks. With only 1/3 ...

The Giants were the story of the year in 2010. Behind a dominant pitching staff and some clutch hitting, San Francisco wowed the baseball world en route to their first World Series Title since 1954 (as the New York Giants). The commissioner's reward? A grueling first month schedule with 22 of 31 games on the road, having the fewest home games of any team in baseball over that span.
After spendi...

I'm happy to finally get the chance to cover such an exciting team like the Colorado Rockies! I began to follow the team closely during their remarkable run to the World Series as a wildcard team in 2007 and followed them closely last September.
The Rockies splashed on to the scene last year featuring three outstanding young superstars in Ubaldo Jimenez, Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki. ...

The Rockies decided to build their franchise around Troy Tulowitzki. Colorado awarded him with a seven-year $134 million extension.
Teaming up with Tulo is Carlos Gonzalez. He contended for a Triple Crown for a majority of the season.
Pitching-wise, Ubaldo Jimenez emerged as a Cy Young candidate.
INFIELD
C- Chris Iannetta- 7
1B- Todd Helton- 7.25
2B- Jose Lopez- 7
SS- Troy Tulowitzki...